This hosta with thin, gold
marginal variegation was registered by
Wm and Eleanor Lachman of Massachusetts
in 1993. It is a hybrid of H. 'Christmas
Tree' × H. 'Reversed' which forms a large size (23 inches high) mound of
slightly corrugated, thick substanced foliage. The leaves are broadly ovate,
slightly rippled and
inversely cupped. Near white flowers with a purplish mid-petal
stripe bloom on 24 inch tall scapes in July followed by viable
seeds.
The New Encyclopedia of Hostas by
Diana
Grenfell (2009) states: "Very slow to establish...A great improvement on
similar hostas since the margins to do not scorch...Has longer, somewhat smaller
leaves than H. 'Aurora
Borealis' or H. 'Frances
Williams' and is a better performer than the latter."
A Photo Essay article by Steve Chamberlain in
The
Hostta Journal (2010 Vol. 41 No. 1) makes comments about
H. 'Brave Amherst', "William and Eleanor Lachman registered this cross of
'Christmas Tree' and 'Reversed' in 1993.. In maturity, it makes a large clump
with impressive blue leaves that show a golden yellow margin of variable width."
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